02501cam a2200421 i 4500 381526821 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 090115s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009000833 9780670011568 0670011568 (OCoLC)262428553 TxAuBib rda Chaikin, Andrew, 1956- ,. Mission Control, this is Apollo : the story of the first voyages to the moon / Andrew Chaikin with Victoria Kohl ; [paintings by] Alan Bean. New York : Viking, [2009] ©2009. xi, 114 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111) and index. The sites of the Apollo Moon landings -- Apollo 101: a quick review -- A word from the artist -- Introduction: who were the astronauts? -- Apollo One -- Apollo Seven: when you gotta go, you gotta go -- Apollo Eight: all this and turkey, too -- Apollo Nine: the dark side of zero-G -- Apollo Ten: the Moon rocket -- Apollo Eleven: the group brain -- Apollo Twelve: clothes make the Moonwalker -- Apollo Thirteen: a last-minute swap -- Apollo Fourteen: lunar germs? -- Apollo Fifteen: live from the Moon -- Apollo Sixteen: left behind -- Apollo Seventeen: the Moon rocks (and what happened to them after they got to Earth) -- Epilogue -- About the paintings -- The write stuff: how we wrote this book -- On research and sources -- Index. Recounts various important events from the history of space exploration, covering the Mercury missions, the voyage of Apollo 17, and more, with illustrations by ex-NASA astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission. 6.0 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources. 20190101. Project Apollo (U.S) History Juvenile literature. Project Apollo (U.S) History. Space flight to the moon History Juvenile literature. Space flight to the moon Planning Juvenile literature. Space flight to the moon History. Astronautics United States Juvenile literature. Astronautics. Kohl, Victoria. Bean, Alan, 1932-, illustrator.